A CV for fresh graduates with no experience
No work experience yet? No problem. Taqdeem builds a fresh-graduate, no-experience CV from your education, projects, training, and skills, in an elegant, ATS-friendly template with free PDF export. This page shows you exactly what to include when you're starting out.
Free to start, no credit card, and a real-text PDF export screening systems can read.
How it works
Start free, no experience needed
Create a free account and pick a graduate-friendly template, or upload any draft you have.
Fill in education, projects, and skills
Focus on your education, capstone projects, co-op training, courses, and skills instead of a work-experience section.
Sharpen the wording and export
Use AI enhancement to phrase your achievements powerfully, then export your CV as a free PDF.
How do you write a CV with no work experience?
When you have no work experience, your education and projects become the hero. Open with a short summary of your field and goal, then highlight your degree and honors, capstone projects, co-op training, courses, and technical and soft skills. All of these show your ability despite being newly graduated.
What goes where the experience section would be?
- Capstone and course projects, with the outcome and tools used.
- Co-op or summer training, even if it was short.
- Volunteering and student or leadership activities.
- Courses and professional certificates relevant to your field.
How do you showcase skills as a new graduate?
Don't just list skills, tie each one to a project or course where you used it. “Power BI” alone is a word; “a sales-analysis project using Power BI” is proof. That link convinces a recruiter far more than an abstract skills list.
Common mistakes in graduate CVs
- A needlessly two-page CV, when one focused page is better.
- A vague objective that says nothing, instead of a specific summary.
- Leaving out projects and training, which are your strongest cards.
- A complex layout that ATS and the Jadarat platform can't read.
Who is this for?
Programs that help Saudi graduates
Co-op training
The bridge between study and work: apply via your university portal or directly to companies, then write it in your CV as real experience with at least one numbered achievement.
Tamheer program
An on-the-job training program for graduates from the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF), with a monthly stipend. Register via the Taqat portal, then list the training under experience.
HRDF official siteDoroob platform
Free e-learning courses with certificates from HRDF, strengthening your CV's courses section with credentials Saudi employers recognize.
doroob.saJadarat for government jobs
Saudi Arabia's unified government-jobs portal. You upload your CV and the system parses it automatically, so it needs a real-text PDF - exactly what every Taqdeem template exports.
jadarat.saReady to start? Your first CV is free
Frequently asked questions
Can I build a full CV for free?+
Yes. Building your CV and exporting a watermark-free PDF is completely free, and that's all a graduate needs to start.
How many pages should a graduate CV be?+
One page is usually enough and preferred. Focus on the strongest, most relevant items rather than filling space.
Will my CV be Jadarat-compatible?+
Yes. Every Taqdeem template exports real text in a simple layout that the Jadarat parser and ATS read accurately.
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From the blog: guides that help
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